Category: Forum theatre

Forum Theatre: A Tool for Social Change
Using theatre to reveal the relationship between oppressors and the oppressed in society. It can be hard to find a…
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Augusto Boal
Brazilian author and theatre practitioner Augusto Boal, born on 16th march 1931, grew up in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. He earned a degree in chemical engineering in 1952. However, Boal was interested in theatre since he was a child so when he studied at Columbia university in New York City, he studied theatre in addition to chemical engineering. Boal began his career in theatre with The Arena Theatre in Sao Paulo in 1956, where he worked as an artistic director.
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